Wire clamp



July 31, 1934. R UTIGER 1,968,060

WIRE CLAMP Filed Aug. 10, 1953 INVENTOR ATTORNEY6 v Patented July 31, 1934 UNITE s'rss PATENrO WIRE CLAMP Ralph Utiger, Delavan, Wis.

' Application August 10, 1933, Serial No. 684,552

4 Claims. (Cl. 24-125) My invention relates to an improvement in pull of the wires 25 and 26, the effect of the op wire clamps, V eration of my device is to cause the legs of the The object of my invention is to provideaclamp staple to cut more deeply into the wires as the for joining two wires, such as the severed or axial pulls on the wires are effected. 'broken ends of fence wires and the like. I claim: a 60 I th drawing: 1. A wire clamp comprising a wire receiving Figure 1 is a perspective of my wire clamp channel member having apertured side walls, a with the lapped ends of two wires clamped staple provided with legs receivablethrough the therein. apertures and a set screw for pressing the wire Figure 2 is a perspective of the removable against the staple. n6 staple used in my clamp. 2. A wire clamp comprising a wire receiving Figure 3 is a vertical section through the center channel member provided with apertured side of my clamp. walls, a staple having legs with notched sides Figure 4 is a vertical section at right angles to receivable through the apertures in the side walls the section shown in Figure 3. of the channel member, whereby to receivepor- 70 Like parts are designated by same reference tions of the said side walls in said notches to incharacters throughout the several views. terlock the staple with the channel member and My improved wire clamp is usable wherever a set screw for pressing the wire against the two wires are to be joined together and particsharp margins of the legs of the Staple ularly where fence or telephone wires have been 3. A wire clamp, comprising a yoke adapted to 75 broken or severed, and it is desired that they be receive wires between its arms, abutments adaptrejoi ed, ed to interlock with the yoke at one side of the The main structural element of my clamp com- Wires and a set screw threaded into the yoke at prises h i; yoke r channel section 10, aperthe other side of the wires in a position to force tured at 11 to receive set screw 12 which is in the wires into the angles for d by the abutments 80 threaded engagement with the channel section with the yoke arms. as indicated clearly in Figures 3 and 4. side walls A wir clamp mpri ng a y ke adapted to 13 d 14 of th body 10 ar apertured at 15, 16, receive wires between its arms, sharp edged abut- 1'7 and 18 to receive a staple 19 shown most ments adapted to interlock w h the yoke at one clearly in Figure 2. One face of each leg 20 and side of the wires, and extending across the wires 21 of the staple is notched as indicated at 22, at right angles to the l tudinal axis of the and when the staple is in position as indicated Wires, and a set screw threaded into the yoke at in Figures 1, 3, and 4 t legs 20 and 21 0f t the other side of the wires in a position to force taple are locked in engagement th t id the wires into the angles formed by the abutments 35 walls 13 and 14 of the channel section 10. r i the yoke arms. whereby tension the wires no The fact t t staple 1 is removable from willcause the sharp edges of the abutments to the channel ection enables the user of my bear intO the body of the Wire transversely of the clamp to place wires 25 and 26 in the channel W1Te$ and prevent the Wires from rotatively freely and without requiring that they be laced Swaglng in Teleasing aCtiOIlthrough a small aperture'between the staple and v RALPH UTIGER. 5

the set screw 12. After the wires are in position in the channel, staple 19 may be inserted through the apertures in the side wa11s'13 and 14 and locked in position with the notches 22 receiving portions of said side walls. 7 100 With the wires in position and the staple in- I serted in its proper position, the set screw may be adjusted downwardly, so as to press the wires down upon the staple as indicated most clearly 3 in Figure 4. It will-be noted that the legs of the V Y I 5 staple offer sharp margins at 2'7 and 28, against which the wires are bent and impinged as the set screw is pressed down tightly upon thewires, and since these said sharp edges of the legs of r j the staple are disposed at right angles to the no 

